A US state department representative for religious freedoms globally has expressed concern over the Citizenship Amendment Act and the US embassy in New Delhi has urged its citizens in northeast India to \u201cexercise caution\u201d in view of protests and disturbances in relation to the legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the US government has not endorsed a call issued last week by an autonomous body the US Commission on International Religious Freedom for sanctioning Indian leadership responsible for the legislation, if it was also passed in the Rajya Sabha. It did, and has been signed into a new law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ignoring the call for sanctions, Sam Brownback, the state department\u2019s ambassador-at-large for religious freedom sought to chide India for the legislation reminding it of its constitutional commitments. \u201cOne of #India\u2019s great strengths is its Constitution,\u201d he wrote on Twitter on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brownback is a former Republican governor of Kansas state and had been praised for his and his administration\u2019s unequivocal condemnation of the killing of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an Indian IT engineer, in 2017, and cooperation provided to Indian authorities and relatives. \u201cAs Governor of the State of Kansas, I would like to express my deep sadness and profound regret at the terrible act of violence committed against Srinu Kuchibhotla and Alok Madasani,\u201d he had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a letter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United States finds itself in a curious position on CAA given the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to prohibit people from certain Muslim-majority countries from entering and also banning refugees from certain Muslim-majority countries citing security risk, through executive action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The US embassy in New Delhi, in the meantime, issued a travel advisory for its citizens in, or travelling, to the Northeast, which have been rocked by protests against the citizenship law. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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